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Finland to debate euro membership

Finland's parliament will debate in the coming weeks if the country should quit the euro, after a petition on the issue was signed by more than the required 50,000 citizens. The debate is unlikely to lead to Finland's exit from the eurozone, but highlights dissatisfaction with the country's economic performance.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.